Improvement in sad-irons



iran STATES i MARY FLORENCE POTTSQ, OF OTTUMWA, IOWA.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. il 13,448, dated April4` 1871 To all whom it may conceraa Be it known that I, MARY F. POTTS,of Ottumwa, in the county of Wapello, and in the State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Sad-Irons; and do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to theletters of reference marked thereon, making a part of thisspecification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a sadiron with removable handle, as will be hereinafter fully setforth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, rgerring to the y annexed drawings, inwhich- Figure lis a longitudinal vertical section of my sad-iron withthe handle in place. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the plate to which thehandle is attached, and Fig. 3 is a plan view of' the sad-iron with thehandle removed.

A represents the handle, which is made in curved or semicircular shape.This peculiar shape ofthe handle for a sad-iron makes it lit the hand,no matter what part of the handle is clasped by the hand, and enablesthe user to always keep the wrist and hand in line and straight with thelower part of the arm, and push the sadiron as a person pushes a plane.

In other sad-irons a person has a straight or horizontal handle toclasp, which cannot be clasped in a natural or easy manner, and producespain of arm and wrist.

B is a metal plate attached to the bottom of the handle A by two screwsa a, the ends of said plate having raised beveled surfaces b b for theends of the handle to rest upon, and forming, from underneath,countersinks for the heads of the screws a a.

By this means I am also enabled to put the screws a a through thecross-grained part of the Wooden handle A, making it very strong.

The plate B is provided with a slot running longitudinally through apart of it, in which slot is pivoted, and moves up and down, the latchC. On its under side is also attached a lip or tongue-piece, D.

The latch Gis pivoted at one end, and moves up and down in the slot inthe metal plate B,

and closes over or onto the cross-piece or bar, d, cast to the innersides of the sad-iron, preventing the lip D from slipping from un derthe bar d and allowing the iron to fall. One or more of thesecross-pieces or bars el may be used, and also one or more lips D can beused on one iron.

Upon the lower end of the latch C is a projection, e, as shownin Fig. 2,which prevents the latch from being raised far enough to break thespring f. This spring f is fastened between the end of the handle andthe metal plate by the screw a, and serves to prevent the latch C fromfalling out when the sad-iron is turned upside down, and retains itfirmly in place.

In a former patent (No. 103,501) granted to me for sad-iron, I fullydescribed my mode of making the same with a metal shell or metal sidesand the inside lilled with some suitable material, non-conductor ofheat. In that case I rounded up the metal into the center of the cavitylengthwise; but in this case I hollow out from the middle and increasethe thicknessy of the metal at the ends, where most heat is needed.

E is the solid or iron part of the sad-iron,

and G the non-conductor.

At each end of the sad-iron is formed a recess, h, for the ends ofthemetal plate B to it down into, and prevent all side motion of, thehandle A; the said ends of the metal plate being drawn down tight intothe recesses h h and resting onto the ends of the iron by the action ofthe lip or tongue-piece D passing under the cross-piece d, making thehandle rm and secure onto the sad-iron and yet easily taken oft' and puton.

In the non-conducting material G, which iills the cavity in the sad-ironE, are formed cavities k k to allow the tongue or lip D to pass underthe cross-piece d..

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The sad-iron base E, made of metal hollowed out in the center, withthe end or ends made solid and the cavity iilled with non-conductingmaterial, as shown and described.

2. The combination of the plate B, provided with raised beveledend-pieces b b, the latch U, end lip or tongue D, all constructed andarranged substantially as and for the purposes substantially as and forthe purposes herein herein set forth. set forth.

3. The combination of the semicircular han- In testimony that I claimthe foregoing I die A, plate B, latch C, tongue D, cross-bar d, havehereunto set my hand this v3d day of and spring f, all constructed andarranged vOctober, 1870.

substantially as and for the purposes herein M ARY FLORENCE POTTS setforth.

4. The combination of the handle A, plate Witnesses:

B, latch C, tongue D, iron E, and non-conduct- HENRY N. CLEMENT,

ing lling Gr, all constructed and arranged J. H, WEBBER.

